Is there a Python equivalent to perl -pi -e

Question

I know of python -c '<code>', but I'm wondering if there's a more elegant python equivalent to perl -pi -e '<code>'. I still use it quite a bit for things like find and replace in a whole directory.

So is there any other way to do it?

Answer 1

The command line usage from 'python -h' certainly strongly suggests there is no such equivalent. Perl tends to make extensive use of '$_' .  I don't think Python supports any similar concept, thereby making Python equivalents of the Perl one-liners much harder.